Sectional supporting-pole.



T. YOUNIS.

' SECTIONM. SUPPORTING POLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1914.

1,138,826; I I Patented Mayll, 1915.

KJNITETB %TATE% FATEN @EFTQE TOBIAS YOUNIS, 0F CONCHO, ARIZONA.

SECTIONAL SUPPORTING-POLE.

Application filed March 12,

To all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I, TOBIAS YoUNIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Concho, in the county of Apache and State of Arizona, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in SectionalSupporting-Poles, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in supportingpoles and more particularly to poles of this character which are used astent onfiag poles, the main object of the invention being the provisionof a pole of this character which is formed of a plurality of detachablesections, whereby said pole may be readily taken apart to occupy aminimum space, when not in use.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a pole ofthis character which will possess advantages in points of efliciency anddurability, is inexpensive to manufacture and, at the same time, issimple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in thenovelfeatures of construction, combination and arrange ment of parts aswill be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in thespecification and claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1is a side elevation of a sectional pole constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, parts being illustrated indetached position, and one of the parts being illustrated in verticalsection. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of one of the sections; Fig. 4 is anend elevation of the other section.

In the present invention, I have illus trated my improved supportingpole as formed in two sections, detachablyconnectedtogether in themanner hereinafter described, The sections herein disclosed aregenerally indicated by the numerals 1 and 2,

the section 1 having a binding strip 3 arranged around the end thereofand adapted to be secured tothe section in any suitable manner. Thesection 1 is provided in its end with a longitudinally extending bore 5and projecting radially from this opening, are the kerfs 4, the purposeof which will be hereinafter more fully set forth. The section 2 whichis adapted to be arranged in opposed relation to the section 1 is ofsubstantially the same diameter and secured to Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

1914. Serial No. 824,248.

the end thereof, is a circular plate 6 which is to be of the samediameter as the section 2 and is provided upon its periphery with theopposed arms 7, projecting at right angles from the plate and secured inany suitable manner to the sides of said section, thus securelyretaining the plate against any lateral movement upon the section.Formed upon the center of the plate, is a sleeve 8, and projectingradially from said sleeve and formed integral with the plate, are theblades 9 which are adapted to be disposed within the kerfs 4 when thetwo sections of the pole are connected together, thus retaining the sameagainst any lateral movement when in their effective position.

Secured within the sleeve 8,.is a rigid rod 10 which projects out beyondthe outer edges of the blades 9 and is adapted to be inserted within thebore 5, when the two sections are connected together to assist theblades in retaining the sections againstlateral movement. It is to benoted that the rod 10 is of considerably greater length than the blades9, and the bore 5 which receives said rod extends inwardly of the kerfs4. The rod 6 serves to prevent undue strain and possible distortion ofthe blades 9 by the pressure of the band 3 against the ends of saidblades. When it is desired to connect the sections together, the outerend of the rod 10 being inserted within the bore 5 and the sectionsbeing turned, so that the blades 9 will register with the kerfs 4: andbe readily inserted therein, thus retaining the sections against While Ihave shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will beobvious that various changes in the details of construction and in theproportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my inventioninto practice, without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope of the appended claims.

In the foregoing description, it is stated that the device may be usedeither for a tent pole or a flag pole, but it will be understood g I1,138,826 t kerfs and a longitudinal bore of greater depth than saidkerfs and with which said kerfs communicate, a cap plate fixed upon theend of the other part and provided at diametrically opposite points withattaching arms, said cap plate being further provided at its center witha socket and blades extending radially from the socket to the outer edgeof the late'to be received in the respective her 5 of the first part, arod engaged in said socket and adapted to extend into said bore when theparts are connected, and a circumscribing band fixed upon the first partand entirely closing the outer ends of said kerfs.

2. The combination of two pole sections to be connected together, one ofsaid sections being provided in its end face with a plurality ofradially extending kerfs and a longitudinal bore with which said kerfscommunicate, said bore being of greater depth than the kerfs, a capplate fixed upon the end of the other pole section and provided With acentrah longitudinally extending sleeve, a series of radially disposedblades integrally formed upon the sleeve and plate, said blades beingadapted to be received in the kerfs of the first pole section, a rodmounted in said sleeve and of greater length than the blades to extendinto the bore of the first pole section, and a circumscribing band fixedupon the first pole sec- 0 tion and closing the outer ends of saidkerfs. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

' TOBIAS YOUNIS.

Witnesses:

VIDAL Mus'ms, JUAN Josn Romano.

